The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-06
Local and State Notes.


| Local and State Notes.
| NJ. Reedv has been appointed road-master Of
| the Vandalia between Terre Haute and St.
| Louis.
| The Indianapolis car-works are this month,
turning out new cars at the rate Of seventeen
| per day.
D. c. Jones, division freight agent of the G.
| M. & st. P, has been appointed assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the road.
The l., B. e. W. the third week in September
earned 500 4S7, an increase over earnings Of cor
responding week last year of 81. 092.
| a. B. Hammond. president of the L. D. e. s.
road went to Tuscola yesterday. for confer
with the officials OF the Illinois Central
| road.
The earnings this year Of the Chicago & Indi-
| ana coal road have amounted to S123. 685 60. an
| increase over earnings corresponding nine
| months OF 1856 of 1913 per cent.
| President Ingalls,. of the c., l., St. L. & @. i,
fears that railroad earnings next year will not be
| as large this year, at least. he says pres
emit indications are that there will be falling
| off.
The day parlor-cars between St. Louis and
| Cincinnati, over the l. q St L. and the c.. l..
| St L & G. roads, have been taken off. The
night sleeping coaches, however, between these
| points, are run as heretofore
| The c., l.. ST L. e. C. has taken off its through
| Senaca trains. they not paying 70 run Passen-
| gers TO go to points on the Kankakee and Sen
| road must take the noon express out Of In
| dianapolis and change cars at Kankakee.
The Indianapolis & Vincennes road last
| month brought into this station 1854 carloads
of coal, against 622 carloads in September,
| 1886 Quite per cent of this coal goes to the
Pennsylvania lines for use of their locomotives.
The Empire line has 300 of their new
cars. 60 600 pounds capacity. in SERVICE and they
are catching on so we'll with Western shippers
that the management will build several hundred
| more at once These cars were built at Altoona,
Pa.
William Terrence, son of John Terrence mas
ter mechanic of the Evansville s. Terre Haute
road, has been appointed master mechanic of
the Ohio Valley road. with headquarters at
DeKoven, which is quite a lift for the young
man.
The annual meeting of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road which was to have taken place
Tuesday, has been postponed until Oct. 81 when
the advsability of consolidating the several
roads in the system will come up Cor consider
alton.
The last evidence of the declaring off the Ives
StayDor Vandala deal is the DOMINIC of the old
style Vandalia blue cap and uniform by the
train men, il place of those worn by the train
men after the c., Fl. & D., for a brief period,
took control.
About half the issue of Ohio Southern incomes
has been secured for a movement ask the
company to fund the trusts and begin pay
ing interest on the incomes. They claim that
there is necessity to exhaust the revenue by
paying off the car trusts at once.
The Wabash Western has nearly ST. 800 600 in
cash in its treasury and its earnings are exceed
ing those of any time in it's history. portion
proving the road-bed and equipments. more
especially it's passenger equipments.
The shipments of east bound freights out of
Chicago last week amounted to 531 tons. a
decrease of 466 tons as compared with the ship
ments of the week preceding. The C., l., ST. L.
& c. took out but As per cent, but would have
taken out 10 per cent. could the cars to carry it
have been at command
The L., n. A g. G. road, 1t is stated has al
ready earned enough to pay it's operating exss
penses, Improvement to the property and fixed
penses the remainder OF this year can be APP
piled in betternen.s to the property or in the
paying of small dividend
Notwithstanding the reduction in local freight
rates incident in connection with the tax
ing effect OF the interstate law, and the passen-
ger rate wars the c., l.. st. l.. e. G. has been
called upon TO contend with in September the
road earned S245, $50. 49, which was increase
OF 1927. 40 over earnings the corresponding month
OF 1886.
William Smith, better known as uncle
Billy" who for nearly thirty years was pas
senger conductor on the C., l., st. l.. 81 c..
died quite UNEXPECTEDLY at Sunmans yesterday
morning. Mr. Smith couple Of years ago
tired from railroading and started brick-yard
at Sunmans, and was quite successful in his
venture.
Chairman Abbott. of the Western States Pass
enger Agents Association, has issued a circular
in which, by way of preamble he laments the
dsobedience of some lines in accepting harvest
excursion tickets from Eastern connections. and
then empowers all lines TO do likewise. Vice.
chairman Daniels. OF the Central Traffic Asso-
citation, has issued a circular similar in character
in it's meaning.
President Mackey claims that he is operating
the Evansville e Terre Haute road this year
AZ per cent of the gross earnings. and this
bles him to pay his usual dividends. On most
Western roads, If the road can be operated on Sc
per cent of its gross earnings it is considered
good showing that is, If the physca. condition
of the property is fully maintained. On most
roads, however. it takes 64 TO 68 per cent
The roads centerine at Omaha experiencing
the same trouble from the detention to cars for
loading and unloading and in attempting to
collect demurrage charges, puzzled what to
do fully as much are the agents at this point.
When cars are worth SO per day to road the
temptation TO crowd shippers and consignees to
handle their freights promptly is great and that
some hard feeling is oceasioned often is not sur
prising
The PHILADELPHIA American, in announcing the
return of Austin Corbrn to PHILADELPHIA, says:
Notwithstanding contradictory rumors, there is
good reason TO believe that he desires to conci-
ate the Barker Kemble party, SO that the road
may be put on firm basis at once. 1t is often
as easy to buy peace TO fight for it. 1t would
be unfortunate for Reading to he plunged into
civil strife Just as she is emerging CALAMITY
from her difficulties
Tt is stated that the Pennsylvania road WILL
before another season rolls by, have road of
it's own to all the places now reached by the
New York 81 Long Branch road. 1t Is known
that the Pennsylvania officers have long had
such scheme in contemplation. and at about
the time the present lease WAS signed, owing TO
OlueTeDceS OctWeeu kEe CoutTdCbiuE phFtiSs
which threatened to prevent an agreem ent
considerable engineering work quietly going
by the Pennsylvania corp of engineers along
the country adjacent to the present route
Judge Gresham yesterday issued an order to
Recover McNulta. of the Wabash road east OF
the river. that he disburse 81. 600, 600 in the
company's treasury IN taking up past duo
coupons the frs mortgage bonds. Regard
ing the report that the road is to be soon taken
out of the hands of receiver Judge Gresham
said he heard that the jaw Gould syndicate and
the dissatisfied bondholders had to
agreement, jaw Gould asserting to their propo-
sition but a letter he received yesterday Gre
ated doubt TO the truthtulness of the
rumor.
The one-dollar differential rate which the n.
Y, F. d o. is taking second class business
between Cincinnati and New York is making
trouble The Cleveland Leader says: SIT is
Fat. almost as. unehangeable as the Persian law.